I'm not convinced the red image from "The Conversation" is even NGC 1277. (The image is also published in many other news items on this topic, so I know it isn't your image).

I would like to know if you think it is a genuine image? If so, at what wavelength? Is it purporting to actually show the evidence of a black hole at the centre? Or is it a hyped up picture for the consumption of the mass media?